Portable incinerator



Dec. 26,1922.

C. YI. ESHELMAN. PRrAaLE INcmsRArR. Fuso June" 29, 1922,

2 sHEz-:Ts-SHEET 2 /A/VENTR n( Eef/1, MAN,

ATTORNEYS Fatented Den 25, i922.

itl bl E i helmet CHARLES WILBER-TGN ESHELMN; OF NEIIRT NEWS, VIRGINIA.

y PORTABLE INCINERATOR.

vApplication led .Tune 29,

To all whom r3 may conce/rn Be it known 'that I, lr-Linens F57.Esi-ini.- MAN. a citizen of the yUnited yStates,l and a, resident ofNewport News, in the county of Warwicky and State of Virginia. haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Portable Incinerators,of which the following is a specification,

ily invention relates to inciuerators and the purpose of my invention istheprovision of an incinerator adapted to be applied to a motor truck soas to render the same portf able and to thereby permit of theincineration of refuse while the vehicle is under way. .lt is also apurpose of my invention to provide a portable incineratoriof extremelysimple and `inexpensive construction and which effects the completeincineration of garbage to the extent that the fumes emanating-from thevincinerator are odorless. i

I will describe one form of incinerator and two applications of the Sameto motor vehicles, and will then point out the novel features thereof inclaims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a view showing in side elevation a motor truck havingapplied thereto one form of incinerator embodying my invention.

Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure 1 with portions thereof broken awayshowing` the incinerator applied to a motor truck at a pointintermediate the ends of the truck body.

Figure 3 is a transverse horizontal section of the container and burnerembodied in the incinerator shown in the preceding views.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts in each oftheseveral views.

Referring specifically to the drawings, my invention in its presentembodiment comprises a container or receptacle C substantially offrusto-conical formation with its smallest end disposed lowermost andhaving an inclined bottom wall 15 with an opening 16 in the forward sideof the container adjacent the wall for the purpose of creating a draftupwardly of the container and for admitting the flames from the burnerB. Suitably supported in the lower end of the container is a grate 17arranged to divide the container into an ash pit 18 which is incommunication with the opening 16 to permit of the discharge of ashestherethrough. The upper end of the container is spanned by a foraminousmaterial 19 such i922; serial no. 571,636.

as screening or the `like designed for the purposeof preventing theescape from the container of sparks' or other particles elevated bymeans ofthedraft created in the container. lllithin the lower end of thecontainer a baffle plate l? is provided for the purpose of dellectingthe flames upwardly of the container, such plate having an arcu'# atelyand inwardly curved portion 2O for this purpose. The plate F is alsoformed with a reversely `curved `portion v21 which forms a support forthe material in the container and thereby `allows ofthe proper draftbeing created. s n

illustrated to advantage in F igure 3 the burner B is provided withaplurality ofl ets `22 all arranged in the same horizontal plane toevenly distribute the llames across the surface of the grate. Ihisburner Buis adapted to be supplied'with` oiloro'ther'suitableiformoffuel by means ofa pipe 23 connected to a fuelsupply tank 24e, For putting the fuel contained in the tank 24 underpressure so as to convey the same to the burner B and to create thenecessary pressure to atomize the fuel as it leaves the jets, a pump 25is provided.

In the application of the incinerator to a motor vehicle as shown inFigure 1, the container C is supported at the rear end of the truck bodyby means of brackets 26, and in such manner that the opening v16 isarranged at ,the forward side of the container to allow of thedeposition of the ashes beneath the vehicle. IIhe pipe 23 is extendedbeneath the truck body and to one side where it is supported in abracket 27. The tank 2li is supported on a ledge 28 and brackets 29 areprovided for securely retaining the tank as well as the pump 25 thereon.The pump is disposed in convenient position for operation by the driverof the motor vehicle so that when the vehicle is under way the pump canbe operated to maintain sufficient pressure in the tank 24 for thepurpose previously described.

In Figure 27 the container C is disposed intermediate the ends of thetruck bodys a suitable opening being formed in the ltruck body and thecontainer secured therein by means of brackets 30. 1With the containerso arranged its lower end is disposed beneath the truck body so that theashes will be de posited therebeneath, andthe opening 16 disposed abovethe burner B. `'lhe tank 24 and the pump v25 are arranged in the salme`manner as Shown in Figure L .so that the operator of the Vehicle canactuate the v pump.

In the operation ot theA incinerator, the garbage or other refuse matteris introduced into the container so that the main bulk thereof-issupported on the portion 2l of the plate P. With the burner'B lightedthe lHaines emanating from the jets 22 are prois completely consumed sothat the products of combustion are oderless. Thisallows of the use otthe incinerator on a Vehicle When the latter' is actually'under Way andthereby eliminating the necessity of therefuse inatter being conveyed tosome. remote point for incineration, and the attendant expense incidentto such conyeyanceu .Although I have` herein shownl and de- :ua-admiscribed. only one form et incinerator' ein b'odying my invention, itis'to be understood that various changes and inodiiications may be madeherein Without vdeparting from the spirit of the invention or the spiritand scope or" the appended claims. l

What I claim is: l

1. in incinerator comprising a container haring an inc-lined bottom andascreened upper end. a discharge opening adjacent the ljiottoni. a grateWithin the container adjacent the discharge opening, a burner adjacentthe disclia rge openingxv and a baiile plate -Within the container andarrangijed to deflect the flame Jrom the burner upwardly into thecontainer. e

2. .ein incinerator comprisinga container of truste-conical tor-m havingan ash discharge opening.;` adjacent its lower end and a bottoni Wallinclined in the direction of the opening, a grate Within the containeradjacent the opening, a baliie plate Within and curved inwardly of thecontainer, a burner arranged adi acent the opening and including vaplurality of jets arranged in a horizontal plane to uniformly'distributethe llames over;y

the surface of the grate,'and means for Supplying the fuel underpressure tothe burner.

' CHARLES WILBERTON ESHELMAN,

